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Sun, 20 Sep 2009 21:27:30 GMT

Russian Yelena Isinbayeva reacts after the Women's Pole Vault at the 2009 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix, an international track and field event at the Shanghai Stadium in Shanghai, China, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009.

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Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:30:43 GMT

Chinese 110-meter hurdler Liu Xiang, right, and Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva, left, shake hands after a press conference of Shanghai Golden Grand Prix Friday Sept. 18, 2009 in Shanghiai, China. Liu plans to compete at the one-day competition at Shanghai Stadium Sunday.

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Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:00:46 GMT

SHANGHAI, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 18: Russian pole vault queen Yelena Isinbayeva(L) and Chinese 110-meter hurdles Liu Xiang(R) shake hands at the press conference of 2009 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix on September 18, 2009 in Shanghai of China.

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Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:00:26 GMT

SHANGHAI, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 18: Russian pole vault queen Yelena Isinbayeva(L) and Chinese 110-meter hurdles Liu Xiang(R) smile at the press conference of 2009 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix on September 18, 2009 in Shanghai of China.

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Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:00:20 GMT

SHANGHAI, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 18: Russian pole vault queen Yelena Isinbayeva(L) and Chinese 110-meter hurdles Liu Xiang(R) attend the press conference of 2009 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix on September 18, 2009 in Shanghai of China.

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Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:11:38 GMT

Russian pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva (L) stands with Chinese sprint hurdler Liu Xiang during a press conference in Shanghai on September 18, 2009.

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Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:09:13 GMT

Russian pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva (L) shakes hands with Chinese sprint hurdler Liu Xiang during a press conference in Shanghai on September 18, 2009.

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Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:09:25 GMT

Russian pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva (L) listens to Deputy Consul General of Russia Oleg Zuev (R) in front of the steel structure which will become the Russian pavillion at the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai on September 17, 2009.

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Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:07:18 GMT

Russian pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva (C) holds the hand of Shanghai's expo mascot, Haibao, as she stands next to Deputy Consul General of Russia Oleg Zuev (R) in front of the steel structure which will become the Russian pavillion at the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai on September...

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Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:18:34 GMT

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev congratulates two-times Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva, right, after awarding her during a ceremony at the Moscow Kremlin on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009.

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Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:52:54 GMT

Yelena Isinbayeva (R) of Russia talks with an unidentified woman as she leaves the stadium after failing in the women's pole vault final during the World athletics championships at the Olympic stadium in Berlin August 17, 2009.

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Sun, 15 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT

CORRECTING SPELLING OF ATHLETE'S NAME --- Russian Yelena Isinbayeva (R) and Australian Steven Hooker hold a symbolic star during the awards ceremony of the International indoor meeting "Pole Vault Stars" in eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk on 15 February, 2009.